Works, Volume 2J. G. Gregory, 1864 |
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Page 65
... hope who thinks the magnitude of the offence will ever be its apology . The chief security of our nature is to re- move it beyond temptation , and he is safest from the allurements of the world , who is farthest re- moved from its vices ...
... hope who thinks the magnitude of the offence will ever be its apology . The chief security of our nature is to re- move it beyond temptation , and he is safest from the allurements of the world , who is farthest re- moved from its vices ...
Page 72
... hope none , in thy favor , have been indiscreet of speech ! " exclaimed the Signor Gradenigo , cast- ing a hasty and suspicious look at his ward . " If any have been so thoughtless , let them abide the punishment of their fault . " 66 ...
... hope none , in thy favor , have been indiscreet of speech ! " exclaimed the Signor Gradenigo , cast- ing a hasty and suspicious look at his ward . " If any have been so thoughtless , let them abide the punishment of their fault . " 66 ...
Page 78
... hope there is no clue left in the hand- writing , or by any other means taken to obtain the ring ? " " Father , though I may have overlooked thy in- struction in less weighty matters , not an admonition which touches the policy of ...
... hope there is no clue left in the hand- writing , or by any other means taken to obtain the ring ? " " Father , though I may have overlooked thy in- struction in less weighty matters , not an admonition which touches the policy of ...
Page 88
... hope of larger profits . " 66 " I have seen faces on the Rialto , of late , Signore , that look empty purses . The Christian seems anx- ious , and in want , while the unbelievers wear their gaberdines with a looser air than is usual ...
... hope of larger profits . " 66 " I have seen faces on the Rialto , of late , Signore , that look empty purses . The Christian seems anx- ious , and in want , while the unbelievers wear their gaberdines with a looser air than is usual ...
Page 89
... hope may be permitted to a believer , but beyond that , in reason , I carry hatred to no man . It is well known that your heir is disposing freely of his hopes , and at prices that lower expectations might command . " " This is a ...
... hope may be permitted to a believer , but beyond that , in reason , I carry hatred to no man . It is well known that your heir is disposing freely of his hopes , and at prices that lower expectations might command . " " This is a ...
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Page viii - I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying Glory smiles O'er the far times, when many a subject land...
Page 393 - PRISONER OF CHILLON. MY hair is gray, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night, As men's have grown from sudden fears: My limbs are bow'd, though not with toil, But rusted with a vile repose, For they have been a dungeon's spoil, And mine has been the fate of those To whom the goodly earth and air Are bann'd, and barr'd — forbidden fare...
Page 405 - LET us lift up the curtain, and observe What passes in that chamber. Now a sigh, And now a groan is heard. Then all is still. Twenty are sitting as in judgment there ; Men who have served their country, and grown...